Edvin Wide
Edvin Wide at the 1928 Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | (1896-02-22)22 February 1896 Kimito, Finland | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 19 June 1996(1996-06-19) (aged 100) Stockholm, Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 1500 m, 3000 m | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Enköpings AIF, Enköping; IF Linnéa, Stockholm[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 1500 m – 3:51.8 (1926) 5000 m – 14:40.4 (1925) 10,000 m – 30:55.2 (1924)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Emil Edvin Wide (22 February 1896 – 19 June 1996) was a Swedish middle-distance and long-distance runner.[3]
Biography
Born in Finland as Emil Edvin Hermansson, Wide moved to Sweden in 1918.[4] He competed for Sweden at the 1920 Summer Olympics in the 3000 metre team event, winning a bronze medal, together with Eric Backman and Sven Lundgren. At the 1924 Olympics he won a silver medal in the 10,000 m behind Ville Ritola of Finland. He also finished third in the 5,000 m, behind Ville Ritola and Paavo Nurmi.[5]
At the 1928 Summer Olympics, the 5,000 metre medals went to the same people as in 1924, only the Finns swapped medals, leaving Edvin with his third Olympic bronze medal. He finished behind the same two yet again for the third time in Olympic competition to win the bronze medal in the 10,000 metres.[5]
Nationally Wide won 12 Swedish titles: five in the cross country (1922–26), four in the 1,500 m and three in the 5,000 m, and held Swedish records over 1,500 m, 5,000 m and 10,000 m. He also held world records in non-Olympic 4 × 1500 m, 2000 m and 3000 m events,[5] and won the United States two-mile indoor championships in 1929.[4]
Wide lived most of hist life near Enköping, where he worked as a school teacher and then headmaster. In 1926 he was awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal.[1][5] He retired from competitions in 1930.
Wide died at the age of 100. He was survived by wife Axelina (age 99) and two sons.[4]
References
- ^ a b Edvin Wide 1896–1996. storagrabbar.se
- ^ Edvin Wide. trackfield.brinkster.net
- ^ "Edvin Wide". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ a b c Edvin Wide, 100, Olympic Track Medalist. Associated Press via The New York Times. 22 June 1996
- ^ a b c d Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Edvin Wide". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
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Preceded by | Men's 3,000m World Record Holder 7 June 1925 – 24 May 1926 | Succeeded by |
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Amateur Athletic Union
- 1899–1901: Alec Grant
- 1902: not held
- 1903: Alec Grant
- 1904–7: George Bonhag
- 1908–9: Mike Driscoll
- 1910: Joseph Monument
- 1911: George Bonhag
- 1912: not held
- 1913: Wm. Kramer
- 1914: Harry Smith
- 1915: Mike Devaney
- 1916: Joie Ray
- 1917: John Ryan (IRL)
- 1918: Ed Garvey
- 1919: Gordon Nightingale
- 1920: Harry Helm
- 1921: Max Bohland
- 1922: John Romig
- 1923–4: Joie Ray
- 1925: Paavo Nurmi * (2) Harold Kennedy
- 1926–7: Bill Goodwin
- 1928: Leo Lermond
- 1929: Edvin Wide
- 1930: Joe McCluskey
- 1931: Leo Lermond
- 1932–3: George Lermond
- 1934–5: John Follows
- 1936–7: Norm Bright
- 1938–9: Don Lash
- 1940–3: Greg Rice
- 1944: Ollie Hunter
- 1945–6: Forrest Efaw
- 1947–8: Curt Stone
- 1949: Gaston Reiff (BEL) * (3) Fred Wilt
- 1950–1: Curt Stone
- 1952–6: Horace Ashenfelter
- 1957: John Macy
- 1958: Veliša Mugoša (YUG) * (2) John Macy
- 1959: Bill Dellinger
- 1960: Al Lawrence (AUS)
- 1961: Bruce Kidd (CAN) * (3) John Macy
- 1962: Bruce Kidd (CAN) * (4) Jerry Nourse
- 1963: Michel Bernard (FRA) * (2) Bob Schul
- 1964: Ron Clarke (AUS) * (2) Pete McArdle
- 1965: Billy Mills
- 1966: Lajos Mescer (HUN) * (2) Tracy Smith
- 1967: Tracy Smith
- 1968–9: George Young
- 1970: Art DuLong
- 1971: Frank Shorter
- 1972: Emiel Puttemans (BEL) * (2) Leonard Hilton
- 1973: Tracy Smith
- 1974: Dick Tayler (NZL) * (2) Frank Shorter
- 1975: Miruts Yifter (ETH) * (3) Pat Mandera
- 1976–8: Suleiman Nyambui (TAN)
- 1979: Marty Liquori
The Athletics Congress
- 1980–: Eamonn Coghlan (IRL)
- 1982: Paul Cummings
- 1983–7: Doug Padilla
- 1988: Jim Spivey
- 1989: Steve Scott
- 1990: Doug Padilla
- 1991: Terry Brahm
- 1992: Doug Padilla
USA Track & Field
- 1993: Joe Falcon
- 1994: Moses Kiptanui (KEN) * (2) Matt Giusto
- 1995: Bob Kennedy
- 1996: Khalid Kairouani (MAR) * (2) Bob Kennedy
- 1997: Todd Williams
- 1998: Dan Browne
- 1999: Adam Goucher
- 2000: Ray Appenheimer
- 2001–2: Tim Broe
- 2003–5: Jonathon Riley
- 2006: Adam Goucher
- 2007–8: Matt Tegenkamp
- 2009: David Torrence
- 2010–2: Bernard Lagat
- 2013: Will Leer
- 2014: Bernard Lagat
- 2015–6: Ryan Hill
- 2017–8: Paul Chelimo
- 2019: Drew Hunter
- 2020: Paul Chelimo